Davis-Bacon rates — McDonald County, Missouri

Every active general wage determination covering this county, one section per construction type. These rates are the minimum that must be paid on a federal or federally assisted contract.

Pick the construction type that matches your contract, not the highest rate. Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy are separate determinations with different rates, and using the wrong one is a common reason a certified payroll comes back rejected. Where your trade appears under several classifications the choice between them is a judgement call — the plainest match is usually right, and the contracting officer can confirm it.

Building

MO20260088 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 23 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER	41.15	23.90	65.05
TILE SETTER	34.09	20.36	54.45
ELECTRICIAN	32.25	20.81	53.06
OPERATOR: CRANE	47.29	22.42	69.71
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: FORKLIFT	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	43.46	30.22	73.68
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: OILER	39.06	30.38	69.44
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	45.96	30.57	76.53
IRONWORKER	39.00	34.25	73.25
LABORER: PIPELAYER	40.82	17.56	58.38
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	31.80	14.91	46.71
PIPEFITTER	39.35	15.72	55.07
PLUMBER	52.60	29.93	82.53
ROOFER	40.00	22.05	62.05
SHEET METAL WORKER	34.43	17.86	52.29
PAINTER	20.78	5.15	25.93
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	17.92	5.55	23.47
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	31.40	18.32	49.72
CARPENTER	21.25	7.02	28.27
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	34.05	15.73	49.78
OPERATOR: ROLLER	39.61	30.15	69.76
HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (INCLUDES DUCT, PIPE AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS)	42.97	29.84	72.81

Residential

MO20260071 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 12 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER	33.67	19.48	53.15
CARPENTER	24.73	21.50	46.23
ELECTRICIAN	32.25	20.81	53.06
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: ROLLER	45.48	22.42	67.90
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR	45.48	22.42	67.90
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	22.91	13.08	35.99
LABORER (BRICK MASON TENDER)	22.94	13.08	36.02
PAINTER (BRUSH & ROLLER ONLY)	19.75	11.76	31.51
PLUMBER	36.38	15.72	52.10
ROOFER	30.73	14.51	45.24
SHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF HVAC DUCT AND HVAC SYSTEM)	34.43	17.86	52.29
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	16.00	—	16.00

Filing the WH-347 that these rates feed into? I build certified payroll tools, and I will prepare your first weekly filing from your payroll register free, with worker names removed — partly to be useful, partly because real registers are the only way to test the thing properly. hamza.aiemployee@gmail.com. No sign-up on this site, and nothing here is tracked.